prototype development and testing

Blue Dot Motorworks is a Seattle, WA company developing Retrofit Plug-in Hybrid Systems that convert conventional gas and diesel vehicles into plug-in hybrids. The company states it is closing the gap between prototype and product and raising a seed round to put beta units into pilot customer hands. It positions conversions as a scalable, cost-effective way to reduce vehicle emissions.

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vehicle retrofit/conversion to plug-in hybrid

Davenport SAF-T Systems is a company founded in 2017 as a limited liability corporation that developed the SAF-T VEST, a patented wearable fall protection system. Designed by co-founder and orthopedic surgeon Jay A. Davenport, M.D., the vest uses sensors to detect a fall in progress and inflates airbags in less than a half-second to absorb impact, then deflates to reduce rebound. The company received U.S. Patent No. 10,897,938 B2 in 2021 and has developed prototypes with University of St. Thomas and Kablooe Design.

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airbag deployment systemssensor-based fall detectionwearable fall protection technology